{"id":1858,"date":"2016-03-16T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lafilandasalento.it\/en\/dove-siamo\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:40:23","slug":"where-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lafilandasalento.it\/en\/where-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Where we are"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”90″ overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]Walking into history.<\/strong>
\nCasamassella, a hamlet of Uggiano La Chiesa, is the most eastern village in Italy, not on the coast, between Giurdignano and Otranto, which is just four kilometers far. Porto Badisco is at 6 km and Lecce at 45.<\/p>\n

You are in an area rich in prehistoric remains, from the largest in Europe megalithic garden, with menhirs, like that of San Giovanni Malcantone<\/em>, on the road that leads from the Chapel of the Santi Medici<\/em> to Cerfignano: rooted in the rock and astronomically oriented. In nearby Giurdignano there are plenty of mystery stones that refer to the Bronze Age, more than twenty of dolmens and menhirs; and in Minervino di Lecce Li Scusi<\/em> it is the biggest dolmen of Salento.<\/p>\n

Around you a succession of rock and crypts settlements such as the Church of San Solomo<\/em>, later dedicated to Sant\u2019Elena<\/em>, excavated in the rock. Underground you find many hypogeums oil mills, where in the past, the olive oil, the green gold of Salento, was produced. Of great beauty, the Mulino a Vento<\/em> (the windmill) on the ancient route that connected the town of Cerfignano to Otranto. It dates back to 1688 and is large, with a central circular space and various rooms all around: there are presses, tanks, blocks of stone and a millstone.<\/p>\n

The nearby Valle dell’Idro<\/em> in Otranto reveals many traces of the past: you can see ancient dovecotes, megalithic walls, “laure” where the Basilian monks lived and prayed. Here there are several crypts like that of Sant\u2019Angelo<\/em> and Monte Lauro Vecchio<\/em> and even the aqueduct of Carlo Magno<\/em>, with underground source. In the Valle delle Memorie<\/em>, you find yourselves in a truly spectacular location: the dovecote of Torre Pinta<\/em> with a cross-shaped crypt and all around the small cells of the monks.<\/p>\n

From there you can quickly reach the Bay of Orte<\/em>, the red lake of bauxite and the breathtaking panorama of point Palasc\u00eca<\/em>, with the most eastern lighthouse in Italy: a not to be missed experience being there at sunrise.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]

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